A while back I wrote about the “125% rule,” the idea that having more on your plate than you can really get done as a good thing, because it forces you constantly to triage, to work better and faster and smarter, and to say ‘no’ to things that you shouldn’t really be spending time on.
That [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘time’
October 30, 2009
100% of the time
May 12, 2009
Go
I’ve noticed that every time the next big, important thing comes up, I always, always have time for it. A big project, an exciting opportunity…I’m there – and I’m sure you are too.
But wait a minute. Where did that time come from? Weren’t you flat out before someone handed you the plum project just waiting [...]
April 13, 2009
An email tax
It’s pretty well-established that we have an email free rider problem. Since there’s essentially no marginal cost for each additional person I email….voilà, SPAM represents more than 90% of all email sent.
But what about inside your organization? I suspect you have a lot of email threads involving a back-and-forth conversation with 8 people copied.
What if [...]
February 11, 2009
Cut away what you do not need to do
Michelangelo would see a block of marble and say that all he had to do was cut away what was not needed to release the statue within.
Reaching your goals is just as much about what you DON’T do as what you do. You can convince yourself that you need to….check your personal email every 30 [...]
